Archbishop Desmond Tutu, anotherkeyplayer in the fight against apartheid, said the day of Mr Mandela's release was "a day that promised the beginning of the end of indignity".
The Falcons also agreed to a six-year contract with left tackle Sam Baker, bringing back anotherkeyplayer on a team that came up just short of the Super Bowl.
On the software side, meanwhile, HP's pre-installing a few board games like EA Monopoly, and there's a physical key you can use to flip the screen orientation when it's another player's turn.